A new tool for drug taste evaluation:electronic tongue
The taste of drugs can significantly affect the clinical application effect.The traditional evaluation methods for the taste of drugs include human mouth test,animal preference test,and in vitro analysis methods such as in vitro dissolution test.A new tool for drug taste evaluation,electronic tongue,was introduced in this paper.Electronic tongue is an in vitro bionics technology,which can output the taste of drugs with the overall taste information of samples.It has good objectivity and fast detection speed,and can avoid the potential safety risks and subjective factors in human mouth test.This paper introduces the development of electronic tongue and its application in drug taste evaluation,and puts forward some suggestions for further application and development of electronic tongue.